Jeeves&Wooster reboot?

[gentlepolinka.livejournal.com]

Hi guys!

I've just known that Sebastian Faulks' going to publish a new Jeeves&Wooster novel - "Jeeves and the Wedding Bells" on 4 November. He wrote that the new novel would "be faithful to the history and personality of Wodehouse's characters but by shining a different light on them will also show how robust, durable and lovable these creations are". Two opposite feelings fight in me. From the one side he may destroy our beautiful canon, from the other - engage new people to us.

What do you think about this?

Comments

[haikitteh.livejournal.com]

I'm stunned by this news. Sebastian Faulks's style is vastly different from Wodehouse's style. I'll admit that the only novel I've read of his is "Birdsong," and he does have a real feel for period, but his style is angsty personal drama, not comedic at all.

On the other hand, "Birdsong" is a great novel, beautiful and intense and moving. I'd certainly be willing to read a Jeeves novel in that style -- I've read plenty of fanfiction in that style and am none the worse for it. Still, if you'd asked me to name the author who should be tapped to pen the next Jeeves novel, Faulks would not be the name that sprang to my lips.

I feel terribly hypocritical about my stance, though. I've avidly devoured loads of Jeevesian fanfiction and am still not sated. Some of it has blown me away with its brilliance. "Birdsong" blew me away, too, so...maybe it'll be great?

[gentlepolinka.livejournal.com]

I agree with you about beatiuful examples of Jooster fanfiction! But maybe this new book attracts new fans to our fandom)